APPENDIX. 



SPECIES OF REGULAR OCCURRENCE PREVIOUSLY OMITTED. 



The following species were omitted from the first one hundred and twenty-eight pag- 

 es of the body of the Work, for reasons given in the Preface. 



TURDUS MTJSTELINTJS. 

 Wood Thrush. 



Ttirdus fmtsteltniu (in , Syst. Nat.. I ; 1788. 



Description. Sr. Cn. Form, robust. Size, medium. COLOR. Adult. Above, cinnnmon-brown, brightest on crown, 

 :md liceumiiii; greenish on rump, tail, and wings. White beneath, with maxillary line und large rounded spots on breast 

 and sides, brown. Iris, brown; bill, brown, yellow at base of lower mandible; and feet, yellow. Youny. similar, but with 

 droj>-sliaped marks of yellowish on crown and tips of wing coverts, and tinged with yellowish on breast. 



Observations. Known by the large size, and rounded spots beneath. Distributed in summer from the Carolina* to 

 Northern Massachusetts; wintering in the South. DIMENSIONS. Length, 8'25; stretch, 13'50; wing, 4'50; tail, 2'85; bill, 

 7d; liii-sus, I'lO. 



Nests and Eyys. NESTS, placed on bushes, composed of grots, leaves, and mud. EGGS, three or four in number, oval 

 in form, bluish-green in color, unspotted. Dimensions from - 65x TOO to '75 x 1'05. 



HABITS. 



The Wood Thrushes make their appearance in New England, about the second week 

 in May, and shortly after, the deeply wooded dells which these birds love, are ringing 

 morning and evening, with the clear, bell-like melody which has rendered these birds fa- 

 mous. So fond are these Thrushes of the woodlands, that they seldom leave them, and the 

 nests are usually placed in a bush, at no great height from the ground, beneath the shel- 

 terof some tree. The eggs are deposited in Pennsylvania about the last of May, and a lit- 

 tle later further north. The young are fledged by the first of August, and all depart for 

 the South early in October. 



SEIXTRUS LUDOVIC1ANUS. 



Large-billed Water Thrush. 



SeiuruA Ludovicanus, BON., List.; 1838. 



Description. SP. Cn. Form, rather robust. Size, large. COLOR. Adult. Above, uniform dark greenish-brown. 

 Super, iliary -11 i)>e and beneath, white, the latter tinged with buff posterially. Maxillary line and arrow-siiaped spots on 

 breast ami side-., dusky. Iris and bill, brown; feet, very pale brown. 



Observations. For comparisons with allied species see observations on page 14. Breeds from Southern Connecticut Ugtlio 

 Carolinas; winters south of our limits. DIMENSIONS. Length, 6'30 stretch, lO'OO; wing, 3'25; tail, 2-30; bill, '75 tursus, -CO. 

 .V </. anil l'';;n*. JS'K^TS, placed on the ground, composed of grass, leaves, etc. Eccs, four or five in number, oval in 

 form, creamy-white in color, spotted with pale reddish-brown. Dimensions from '55 x '75 to '60 x 'HO. 



HABITS. 



Although the Large-billed Water Thrush is found along the coast of Connecticut, it is 

 much more common further south, especially along the rivers and creeks of Pennsylvania, 

 for, like its northern representative, it appears to prefer the neighborhood of water. It 

 places the nest on the ground at the base of a tree or stump, or near a prostrate log, and 

 the eggs arc deposited early in June. The alarm note of this species is similar to that of 

 the Short-billed, but the song is quite different, being loud and clear, and though some- 

 what short, is delivered with energy. 



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